Re:no more donuts for Gabe... (Score 1)

It would be surprising if Valve didn't do this (or contract an existing distro to do this) in relatively short order. Their first priority needs to be getting the base out, but they clearly see the value in a 10' interface and thus see the value in using the PC as a console. With Steam on Linux, it would be trivial to put out a stripped down distro that boots directly into their 10' interface. They could use simple off the shelf parts in a custom case to release a next gen console. There would be virtually no hardware R&D necessary, and the software R&D would simply be the stuff they were already doing. For users, Valve releasing a SteamBox wouldn't need to prevent Steam from running on any other system.

Pardon me but that sounds very similar to what Microsoft did with the original XBox and windows NT.